So, it has all boiled down to the fifth and the final test match between Australia and England to decide the fate of this year's Ashes. With the teams tied at one match apiece, the Oval ground in London will see the decider being played. After their abysmal performance at Headingley, England

Despite one of the first good days for Australia in the series, the Australian media has taken the selectors to task for having overlooked the presence of Stuart Clark in the squad. Clark, who did not feature in the team's plans in the first three test matches was finally selected for this fou

Zaheer Khan is in for another long break from international cricket, as he goes into rehabilitation to recover from the shoulder injury he is currently suffering from. Zaheer has undergone a major shoulder surgery in South Africa, but it isn't sure as to what the recovery period for the same i

Australia will face England in the fourth test match of the Ashes series at Leeds in Headingley, and will know that being down 0-1 in the series, they cannot afford to lose this game. A loss here will end their Ashes campaign for this year, as there will only be one game remaining after this.

West Indies will play Bangladesh at St. Kitts in Basseterre in the solitary T20I and look to salvage at least some pride in the game. Having already lost the test series, and the ODI series that followed, there is much to play for the West Indian cricketers and they will look to put one across

The third Ashes test match between Australia and England will be played on Thursday at Birmingham and the eyes will be on the selections of both the teams. However, being down 0-1, Australia will need to fight hard to get the momentum back, while England will look to overcome the gaping hole m

With eight days out of the last ten having seen rain in Edgbaston, the head groundsman of the ground, Steve Rouse is worried that the pitch may not be well-prepared in time for England's third Ashes test match against Australia. This is the second successive occasion on which the Edgbaston pit

It has been announced that the 2009 edition of the Champions Trophy will have its prize money increased from around $1m last time, to $4m this time around. The last Champions Trophy was played in India in 2006, and was hosted by Mohali, Mumbai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad. This time around, South Afr

The Sophia Gardens in Cardiff will play host to the first Ashes test match this year between England and Australia, and it promises to be one exciting encounter. The previous series between these two countries had ended in a 5-0 whitewash for the Australians, after they had lost the 2005 serie

India will play their first game of the Super Eights against West Indies at Lord's in London on Friday. India had won both their league games - against Bangladesh and Ireland - before getting to the second round, while West Indies had upset Australia but were stream-rolled by Pakistan in their

West Indies play Sri Lanka at Trent Bridge in a game whose result will have no bearing on how the tournament progresses from here. Both West Indies and Sri Lanka have already qualified for the Super Eights and Australia, the third team in the group has already been knocked out of the competiti

The second game of the double header in Trent Bridge will see the Australians take on Sri Lanka in a group C encounter. This game assumes must-win proportions for the Aussies, after their heavy loss to West Indies in the first match. Unfortunately, given that the margin of loss was quite empha

The second of the three games on the Super Saturday will be played between two Group C teams, Australia and West Indies. In the previous edition, Australia had lost to India in the semi-finals, while the West Indies had not even progressed beyond the first round. Australia's preparations wou

India's concerns over the fitness of their strike bowler, Zaheer Khan, suffered yet another jolt after skipper MS Dhoni declared that he wont be playing in either of the warm-up games. Additionally, opener Virender Sehwag too, looks all set to miss out on the opening warm-up on the 1st of June

The ongoing series between Australia and Pakistan will come to a close with the only T20 match to be played at the Dubai Sports City cricket stadium. It will be the final international encounter for either teams before they head for England to participate in the ICC T20 World Cup.

Dead rubbers rarely kindle any of serious interest amongst players or the spectators for that matter but if you're a side that's as short of international match practice as is Pakistan, then every game that you play gains significance. Especially if that game happens to be against a

Yet another series that almost did not happen for Pakistan now seems to be interestingly poised at. Despite the indifferent ODI form of the world Champions Australia, they were expected to comfortably beat Pakistan, a side that's woefully short on international match practice. But

After a barnstorming victory at Mohali, the Indian cricket team will be hoping to get the job done when they host Australia for the third and probably the most decisive test match of the four match India Australia cricket test series. India have played out of their skin thus yet and using our

Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 53 helped India race to 104 for one wicket at lunch on the opening day of the second cricket Test against Australia here today. Gambhir had Rahul Dravid (11) for company at the break after the Indians thorougly dominated the first session. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Australia had the edge in Bangalore while the brownie points belonged to India but both the bitter rivals would seek something more tangible, an outright win to be precise, when they collide head-on in the second Test here tomorrow. If the see-saw first Test, spiced up by some on-field ban

After a month long break, international cricket gets underway when India host Australia in the first of the four match test series this coming Thursday in Bangalore. Both these sides are right atop the test cricket ratings and with all the rivalry and past history coming into the fra

Chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar feels the combined failure of the experienced Indian middle order batting in Sri Lanka was a one-off thing and expects the batsmen to put it firmly behind them and start afresh in the upcoming four-Test series against Australia. Vengsarkar also feels that th

Virender Sehwag does not hanker after Test captaincy and the swashbuckling opener says as a senior member of the squad, he would keep giving his inputs to whoever leads the side. While ODI and Twenty20 captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the overwhelming favourite to take over the Test reins fr

Australia will be hoping to wrap up the five match West Indies Australia ODI series by winning the fifth match at Basseterre this coming Sunday 6th July 2008 to register a clean sweep over much weakened West Indies. Australia already lead the series 4-0 and having already won the test se

Australia will be hoping to take an impressive 4-0 the five match West Indies Australia ODI series when they come up against a much weakened and demoralised West Indies outfit this coming Friday 4th July 2008 at Basseterre. Australia already have an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series an

The West Indies cricket team will be hoping to keep their chances of a shock series triumph over Australia alive in the 2nd One Dayer of the five match West Indies- Australia test series starting this coming Friday 27th June 2008 in St. George's Park. West Indies are already 1-0 down

West Indies will be hoping to create a major upset when they come up against the mighty Australians in the third test of the three match Frank Worrel test series. The Windies have fought the Australians closely, contrary to most expectations and will be hoping that they can reward their exci

India will be hoping to get off to a flying start when they come up against beleaguered Bangladesh in their first ODI match of the three team Kitply ODI Series. The Indian cricket players come into this match on the back of an exciting IPL series and expect a lot of surprises when the In

Australia will be eyeing to retain the Frank Worrel Australia West Indies test series trophy wrapped up when they come up against improving West Indies in the second test match at North Sound this coming Friday. The Australians held their own amidst some strong resistance by the Windies

West Indies will be hoping to finally make a strong comeback into the powerhouses of international cricket when they come up against Australia in the first of the three test match Frank Worrel Series in Kingston. West Indies have won a single test series for the past four years and with